Prophet of the Dead is the latest on shelves. Feb 2014: The Reaver (The Sundering 4 right?)Anything else in the works for the Forgotten Realms? Short Stories in Dragon Magazine or an up and coming anthology?

I will be doing more FR novels after it, but it's not time to talk about those yet.

There are no plans for me to do FR more short fiction at this time. I'd be glad to do more, but nobody at WotC has asked for any lately.

That's a shame too, about the short fiction. I think the Sundering (and the Spellplague before it) are the types of events that scream for "Realms Of" type books to let us know what is happening elsewhere and possibly to known characters who don't get books in the series (like a certain Thayan sellsword captain, or in the case of the Spellplague the survivors of the Rogue Dragon trilogy).

Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me. -The Sith Code

Teenage Sith zombies, Tulkh thought-how in the moons of Bogden had it all started? Every so often, the universe must just get bored and decide to really cut loose. -Star Wars: Red Harvest

I answered my own question about Itunes availability. Yes! RLB has audio books available on Itunes also. If you go looking through the Wizard’s website they only point to Audible. I did some searches on the Itunes store and here’s what I found, and how you can find them, because all searches are not created equal. All of these except The Shattered Mask (I don’t think they did that one) turned up by searching “Forgotten Realms”. If I wrote “Yes” it’s available on Itunes.

The Halls of Stormweather (Yes: Searching by “Richard Lee Byers” fails probably because it’s an Anthology, but it turns up when searched by title)The Shattered Mask (Search by Author and/or title fails to find this. Maybe not released yet)Dissolution (Yes: Search by “Richard Lee Byers”)The Black Bouquet (Yes: Search by “Richard Lee Byers”)

Realms of the Dragons Anthology (short story by RLB) (Yes: Searching by “Richard Lee Byers” fails probably because it’s an Anthology, but it turns up when searched by title)The Year of Rogue Dragons trilogy - The Rage (Yes: Search by “Richard Lee Byers”)The Year of Rogue Dragons trilogy - The Rite (Yes: Search by “Richard Lee Byers”)The Year of Rogue Dragons trilogy - The Ruin (Yes: Search by “Richard Lee Byers”)

I think of high/epic fantasy and sword and sorcery (I'd never tag them low) two sides of the same coin, and I love them both. There are moments though when I greatly enjoy the long, winding journey that only epic fantasy could offer, that's why I tend to favor it over its counterpart.

As for urban fantasy, I've gotten over it a long time ago. The last time I read UF books was back in high school. It would probably take some sort of miracle for me to grab another one.

The Wizards of the Coast Novels Book Club is now discussing my Forgotten Realms/Brotherhood of the Griffon novel The Captive Flame. I'll be joining in periodically to answer questions. If you'd like to join the discussion as well, here's the link:

The Reddit AMA with Tim Pratt and me is today. You can post questions throughout the day, but he and I will actually be online starting at 7 EST to provide the answers. We're sharing the spotlight because we've both done Pathfinder Tales novels, but as "AMA" implies, you can ask us anything. In my case, that would include questions about Blind God's Bluff, The Impostor, my Forgotten Realms work, or whatever. Two of those who post questions will be randomly selected to receive prizes from Paizo, the Pathfinder publisher.